The United States Secretary of Veterans Affairs is the head of the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, the department concerned with veterans' benefits, health care, and national veterans' memorials and cemeteries. The Secretary is a member of the Cabinet and second to last at sixteenth in the line of succession to the presidency (the position was last until the addition of the United States Department of Homeland Security in 2006). Until the appointment of David Shulkin in 2017, all appointees and acting appointees to the post were United States military veterans, but that is not a requirement to fill the position.
When the post of Secretary is vacant, the United States Deputy Secretary of Veterans Affairs or any other person designated by the President serves as Acting Secretary until the President nominates and the United States Senate confirms a new Secretary.
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List of Secretaries of Veterans Affairs
- Parties
No party (2) Democratic (2) Republican (5)
- Status
1 Anthony Principi served as acting secretary in his capacity as Deputy Secretary of Veterans Affairs September 26, 1992 - January 20, 1993.
2 Hershel W. Gober served as acting secretary in his capacity as Deputy Secretary of Veterans Affairs July 1, 1997 - January 2, 1998 and July 25, 2000 - January 20, 2001.
3 West served as acting Secretary from January 2, 1998 to May 5, 1998.
4 Gordon H. Mansfield served as acting secretary in his capacity as Deputy Secretary of Veterans Affairs October 1 - December 20, 2007.
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Living former Secretaries of Veterans Affairs
As of April 2018, there are six living former Secretaries of Veterans Affairs (with all Secretaries that have served since 2001 still living), the oldest being Jim Nicholson (served 2005-2007, born 1938). The most recent Secretary of Veterans Affairs to die, as well as the recently serving Secretary to die, was Togo D. West, Jr. (served 1998-2000, born 1942), on March 8, 2018.
See also
- Administrator of Veterans Affairs (United States)
- Veterans Health Administration
References
External links
- Official website
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